Athletics Marketing Internships

Harvard Athletics Marketing is looking for two highly organized individuals with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Successful applicants must be enrolled in a degree or certificate-granting program with an accredited college or university that will grant you academic credit for your internship (no particular amount of credit needed). Please do not apply if you cannot meet this requirement.

Start and end dates are flexible; anticipated start date is July 2025 with an end date of May 2026.

The interns will gain valuable experience in marketing the largest Division I program in the country. The interns will have the ability to own various elements of marketing promotions, being heavily involved in the ideation and execution processes.

Marketing Internship – Fan Experience (1)
Marketing seeks one, 10-month intern to support all fan experience initiatives for Harvard's 42 varsity teams, including the support of ticket sales efforts for the 7 ticketed sports (Football, Men's & Women's Ice Hockey, Men's & Women's Basketball, and Men's & Women's Lacrosse). The intern will report directly to the Director of Fan Engagement. The responsibilities will include: creating and executing robust fan engagement events (ie Military Appreciation, #OneCrimson, National Girls and Women in Sports Day, Pride and other theme/cause games) with goals of growing attendance, increasing ticket revenue (when applicable), and portraying the Harvard brand; collaborating with Multimedia and other departments to write game scripts that create an impactful fan experience; planning and executing marketing promotions, including set up and breakdown; managing and growing awareness and utilization of the Student Rewards app and the Chief Marketing Officer program; managing a team of Game-Day Interns to assist in execution of in-game promotions; other duties as assigned.

Marketing Internship – Graphic Design (1)
Marketing seeks one, 10-month intern to support all digital marketing initiatives for Harvard's 42 varsity teams, including the support of ticket sales efforts for the 7 ticketed sports (Football, Men's & Women's Ice Hockey, Men's & Women's Basketball, and Men's & Women's Lacrosse). The intern will report directly to the Director of Fan Engagement. The responsibilities will include: creating and executing robust marketing plans with goals of growing attendance, increasing ticket revenue (when applicable), and portraying the Harvard brand; collaborating with Multimedia and other departments to create graphics for email/social promotion as well as graphics and video content to increase fan engagement on the videoboard for Military Appreciation, #OneCrimson, National Girls and Women in Sports Day, Pride and other themed games. Responsibilities will include collaborating to implement marketing initiatives on Harvard Athletics social media channels, including the ideation and creation of content; fulfilling a variety of sponsorship activations across digital, email, and in-game channels; Proficiency in the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere) or similar products is required and previous graphic design experience is preferred.